January 2, 2016 - The eight race 2016 World Championship
season will feature a long-awaited return to a famed
German auto-racing track, as well as a historic debut in
the U.S. city that’s home to one of the most prestigious
motorsport races on the planet.

Salzburg, (Austria) - The Red Bull Air Race World
Championship will mark its ninth season in 2016 with two
exciting new stops where fans are passionate about
motorsports: the famed Lausitzring in Germany and the
U.S. city of Indianapolis, Indiana, home to the
Indianapolis 500 that’s renowned as part of the “Triple
Crown” of auto racing.

In
a season that spans seven countries over eight races,
the motorsport series will also captivate spectators at
stops that have already become favorites in the
calendar.

It
all kicks off on March 11/12, with the traditional
season opener over the Arabian Gulf in
Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates
for the ninth straight time. Next up, the action is back
at the Red Bull Ring in
Spielberg, Austria – one of the highlight
venues in the Formula One calendar on 23/24 April.

The high-speed, low-altitude race will then return to Japan,
following the overwhelming success of the debut race in
2015 that sold out across the weekend. The Championship
then moves to Budapest, Hungary on July 16/17 where the
racetrack’s 25-meter-high pylons are set up in the heart
of the city, contrasting with the stunning backdrop of
the Parliament Building, a location which has hosted
seven races.

On
August 13/14, the setting is Ascot in England, the
renowned horse-racing track that has proven to be one of
the all-time favorite stops in the history of the sport,
before the series makes that breathlessly anticipated
return to the Lausitzring on September 3/4, where fans
will be able to savor a race in Germany for the first
time since 2010 and cheer local Master Class pilot
Matthias Dolderer.

Once again the final two races of the season will be in
North America; first, on October 1/2, with the Red Bull
Air Race premiere at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in
Indianapolis, a sport-loving city
in the country’s heartland where motorsport is king. The
Speedway will also be celebrating 100 years of aviation
events, as the first race held at IMS was also the first
national balloon race, in 1909, the same year the
world’s first air race took place in Reims, France. The
season finale happens on October 15/16 in
Las Vegas,
Nevada, where the new World
Champion will be crowned at the Las Vegas Motor
Speedway.

“We look forward to bringing the race closer to even
more fans in 2016, and it will be a privilege to share
our sport at two more locations that are rich with
motorsport history,” said Erich Wolf, General Manager of
Red Bull Air Race GmbH. “The pilots and teams are
already hard at work on technical innovations and
strategic plans, and the races at all eight stops
promise to be faster and more competitive than ever. The
year ahead should be thrilling for spectators and
competitors alike.”

2016 Race Calendar:

Abu Dhabi, UAE 11/12 March
Spielberg, Austria 23/24 April
Japan, City and date to be confirmed
Budapest, Hungary 16/17 July
Ascot, Great Britain 13/14 August
Lausitzring, Germany 3/4 September
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1/2 October
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 15/16 October